By Erin Pike, Special to JTNews Editor's Note: This article by writer Erin Pike is somewhat graphic, and may make you uncomfortable, but we feel th
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Gigi Yellen-Kohn JTNews Correspondent Yaniv is not an uncommon name in Israel. Like all Hebrew names, it has a deeper meaning tucked inside.
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By Erin Pike, JTNews Correspondent "Brave Miss World" is an absolute must-see documentary about Linor Abargil, the winner of the 1998 Miss Israel
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On Feb. 14 each year, many Americans watch "Casablanca" to celebrate Valentine's Day. As time goes by, the Jewish influences on the Oscar-wi
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By Robert Gluck, JNS.org On Feb. 14 each year, many Americans watch "Casablanca" to celebrate Valentine's Day. As time goes by, the Jewish influen
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Michael Fox, Special to JTNews An unabashed crowd-pleaser in a Day-Glo package, "The Zigzag Kid" transports young-at-heart viewers on a magic carp
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Michael Fox, Special to JTNews The vitality and unpredictability of the streets infuses every minute of "Joe Papp in Five Acts," Tracie Holder and
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By Tom Tugend, JTA World News Service LOS ANGELES (JTA)—In her 110 years, Alice Herz-Sommer has been an accomplished concert pianist and teac
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By Michael Fox, Special to JTNews When "The Monuments Men" was bumped from a prime December release date to this Friday, the company line was that
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By Dikla Tuchman, JTNews Correspondent While most Seattle hip-hop fans have jumped on the Macklemore bandwagon, another local rapper has been creat
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By Emily K. Alhadeff, Assistant Editor, JTNews When you think about the characters of Jewish arts and culture, they pretty much come down to heroes
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By Emily K. Alhadeff , Associate Editor, JTNews How's this for an idea in educating the greater community about Judaism: Put it in a storefront. Th
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By Andy Bachman, Special to JTNews “Folk song calls the native back to his roots and prepares him emotionally to dance, worship, work, fight,
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By Deborah Gardner, Special to The Jewish Sound When Louise Steinman first faced the suggestion of writing about Poles and Jews, she was u
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By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent The latest documentary from the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Moriah Films, "The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers,"
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By Michael Fox , Special to JTNews Markus Zusak's acclaimed novel, "The Book Thief," could neither compare with nor replace the first-person reali
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